Table of Contents: Biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Gibbon, Sahra., Novas, Carlos.
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Subjects:	Genetics. Social sciences. Biotechnology. Genetic engineering. Genetics, Medical. Genetic Engineering. Genome, Human. Reproductive Medicine. Social Medicine. SCIENCE > Genetics & Genomics. > Life Sciences Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : biosocialities, genetics and the social sciences / Sahra Gibbon and Carlos Novas
Charity, breast cancer activism and the iconic figure of the BRCA carrier / Sahra Gibbon
Brains, pedigrees, and promises : lessons from the politics of autism genetics / Chloe Silverman
Biosociality and susceptibility genes : a cautionary tale / Margaret Lock
Biology, sociality and reproductive modernity in Ecuadorian in-vitro fertilization : the particulars of place / Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
Biosociality and biocrossings : encounters with assisted conception and embryonic stem cells in India / Aditya Bharadwaj
Synecdochic ricochets : biosocialities in a Jerusalem IVF clinic / Michal Nahman
Patients, profits and values : myozyme as an exemplar of biosociality / Carlos Novas
Biocapital as an emergent form of life : speculations on the figure of the experimental subject / Kaushik Sunder Rajan
Afterword : concept work / Paul Rabinow.